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Ricardo Mendes de Arruda Rodrigues

Skewb · top 12.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016RODR60

Ricardo Mendes de Arruda Rodrigues has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.22, set at Fortaleza Open 2019, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 142nd in Brazil. Across 14 competitions since November 2016, he has put 748 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.43 in November 2016 to 14.50, a 17% improvement. Ricardo has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 12.4% of 73,281 all-time
4.22
signature single · Fortaleza Open 2019
748
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
Skewb4.226.95
top 12.4%142 / 1,463
2×23.594.79
top 21.3%752 / 5,137
Pyraminx6.2710.03
top 22.0%504 / 3,208
3×314.5016.99
top 22.7%1,314 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed28.7934.54
top 43.9%681 / 1,992
4×41:17.741:37.71
top 54.0%822 / 1,855
Megaminx2:48.022:59.27
top 69.4%652 / 1,062
5×53:56.414:46.93
top 91.3%713 / 845

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Cariri Open 2016: 17.43Cariri Open 2017: 18.16Bodocó Open 2018: 14.50I Open Carrancubos 2018: 16.10Cariri Open 2018: 14.93Fortaleza Open 2019: 15.68II Open Carrancubos 2019: 16.82Bodocó Open 2019: 15.04Bodocó Open 2022: 16.75Campeonato Brasileiro 2023: 20.06Bodocó Open 2023: 17.11Iguatemi Fortaleza 2024: 14.69Centenário de Bodocó 2024: 16.83Bodocó Open 2025: 18.6414.5020.0612 Nov 201618 Oct 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.